tourist attraction

Basíli­ca de San­ta Maria del Mar

About

Step­ping in­side the Basil­i­ca of San­ta Maria del Mar in Barcelon­a's Born dis­trict, you're en­veloped by a tan­gi­ble peace­ful­ness. Light fil­ters through the col­or­ful stained glass, cast­ing the aged stone in a mul­ti­tude of shades. The sheer scale of the space is am­pli­fied by the soar­ing ceil­ings, held aloft by el­e­gant columns. Your gaze is drawn to the or­nate­ly dec­o­rat­ed high al­tar, an artis­tic tri­umph

with its in­tri­cate carv­ings and gleam­ing gold de­tails. Every fea­ture, from the im­pres­sive al­tar­piece por­tray­ing mo­ments from the Vir­gin Mary's life to the elab­o­rate­ly craft­ed choir stalls de­pict­ing bib­li­cal and mytho­log­i­cal be­ings, holds your at­ten­tion. Whether re­li­gious or not, the Basil­i­ca of San­ta Maria del Mar is an es­sen­tial Barcelona land­mark, pro­vid­ing an un­for­get­table ex­pe­ri­ence char­ac­ter­ized by its breath­tak­ing ar­chi­tec­ture, fas­ci­nat­ing his­to­ry, and tran­quil at­mos­phere.

Location
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Opening hours
Wednesday09:00 - 13:0017:00 - 20:30Thursday09:00 - 13:0017:00 - 20:30Monday09:00 - 13:0017:00 - 20:30Tuesday09:00 - 13:0017:00 - 20:30Friday09:00 - 13:0017:00 - 20:30Saturday09:00 - 13:0017:00 - 20:30Sunday10:00 - 14:0017:00 - 20:00